Attachment to a trowel.



M; r. conswAmuT ATTACHMENT T0 ATROWEL. I APPLICATION FILED AUG. I7. l9l6.

Patented Sept. 11, 1917.

IN VEN TOR. 09 A A TTORNE-YS.

MORITZ F. CORSWANIDT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ATTACHMENT TO A TROWEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. ill, 191W.

Application filed August 17, 1916. Serial No. 115,531.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Monrrz F. ConswANnr, a citizen of the United States, residin at Chicago, in the county of Cook and btate of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Attachment to a Trowel, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement attached to the shank of a trowel in which I use a piece of sheet metal cut to a half circle and bent to a V-shape with a slot out in the center of the metal which goes up under the fore part of the trowel handle, a nut and bolt, the bolt being bent half around the shank of the trowel and two lugs which are bent square to lie on top'of the trowel blade; and the object of my improvement is first to keep the mortar away from the masons thumb and forefinger. I attain this object by the mechanisms illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective of the trowel and attachment. Fig. 2. is a perspective of rear of trowel and attachment. Fig. 3. is a rear view in perspective of the attachment detached from the trowel. Fig. l. is a front view of the attachment. Fig. 5. is a plan view of the attachment. Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views. The letter O designates a body of sheet metal bent into an approximate V- shape, forming wings and with integral lugs C bent laterally from the base of body C, to form attachment means with a trowel edge,

the lugs resting upon the trowel blade. The V-shape of the body corresponds to the usual angular formation at the rear end of a trowel blade. An extension D. of the body G. extends between the lugs and engages the rear edge of a trowel blade. In the top of the body between the wings there is arranged a slot A, which engages the shank B. of a trowel handle; A curved bolt F. which goes through holes E. and is provided with an ordinary head and a nut and threaded end is used to connect the wings of the body 0, the curved body of the bolt engaging with the shank B. to aid in holding the attachment in place.

My invention relates to the attachment alone and not to any particular form of trowel.

What I claim is In a trowel attachment a sheet metal body formed of wings disposed in angular relation, bearing lugs projecting laterally from the bases of the wings, a slot in the angle between the wings to receive the handle shank, a curved bolt engaging and extending between the wings and adapted to engage over the handle shank with means for tightening the bolt whereby the attachment is secured in place.

MORI'IZ F. CORSWANDT.

Witnesses:

JOHN K. COOK, HENRY I-I. WOLTERS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

